dialysis (daɪˈælɪsɪs) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -ses | |
| 1. | the separation of small molecules from large molecules and colloids in a solution by the selective diffusion of the small molecules through a semipermeable membrane |
| 2. | med haemodialysis See peritoneal dialysis |
| [C16: from Late Latin: a separation, from Greek dialusis a dissolution, from dialuein to tear apart, dissolve, from luein to loosen] | |
| dialytic | |
| —adj | |
| dia'lytically | |
| —adv | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |